Abstract: A digital manipulator for an inverter and an image display method for the digital manipulator are disclosed. The digital manipulator is connected to and an external computer. The images used by the digital manipulator are edited by editing software in an external computer and are downloaded to LCM of the digital manipulator to display. The digital manipulator has a plurality of function buttons. Corresponding functions of the function buttons are assigned via editing software by a user. As a result, the digital manipulator is more flexible to use, and users are allowed to configure a digital manipulator based on own individual requests and operating habits.

Abstract: The medical information providing method includes: capturing a room image of an inside of an examination room in which an object is positioned for medical examination; obtaining diagnostic information of the object; and displaying the diagnostic information which is overlaid on the room image according to a first mode, on a display.

Abstract: Provided are an apparatus for processing adaptive video and a method of scaling video, which generate a graphical user interface (GUI) so that a GUI suitable for the screen size of a display device can be displayed according to the screen size of the display device. The apparatus can realize a GUI most suitable for the screen size of an external display device connected to the apparatus by enlarging or reducing the size of the GUI according to the screen size of the external display device, or by changing the arrangement of items arranged on the GUI.

Abstract: An image editing method includes: a setting region detection step (S14) of detecting a region (Ar1) that is set by an operator within an image display region (10); a graphic element identification step (S15) of identifying a graphic element within the region (Ar1) that is set; a graphic information extraction step (S16) of extracting information included in the graphic element identified; and a graphic aggregation determination step (S17) of grouping, into a graphic aggregation, a relevant graphic element based on the graphic information.

Abstract: The present invention describes a method and system for governing a physical device or application service in a real world through a virtual device in a virtual world. The physical device or application service registers at least one virtual adaptor of the physical device or application service to a virtual device broker. A user creates or composes the virtual device with the at least one virtual adaptor in the virtual device broker. The user commands to the virtual device through a user interface of the virtual device. The at least one virtual adaptor in the virtual device translates the command to a controlling signal to the physical device or application service. The controlling signal operates the physical device or application service according to the command to the virtual device.

Abstract: Methods and systems are presented for automatically generating a slide associated with a slideshow. In one aspect, a method includes selecting an image for inclusion in a slideshow, where the image has associated facial detection information. A face location is determined in the selected image based on the facial detection information and the selected image is cropped based on the determined face location to generate a cropped image depicting the included face. The cropped image is inserted into a slide associated with the slideshow. Further, an animation having a defined animation path can be associated with the slide. Also, the face location can be identified as a position in the animation path and the slide can be animated based on the associated animation.

Abstract: The subject disclosure is directed towards layered image understanding by which a layered scene representation is generated for an image. Providing such a scene representation explains a scene being presenting in the image by defining that scene's semantic structure. To generate the layered scene representation, the subject disclosure recognizes objects within the image by combining objects sampled from annotated image data and determining whether that combination is both semantically well-formed and matches the visual appearance of the image. The objects are transformed and then can be used to modify the query image. The subject disclosure models the objects into semantic segments that form a portion of the scene representation.

Abstract: Geo-referenced and/or time-referenced electronic drawings may be generated based on electronic vehicle information to facilitate documentation of a vehicle-related event. A symbols library, a collection of geo-referenced images, and any data acquired from one or more vehicles may be stored in memory for use in connection with generation of such drawings, and a drawing tool graphical user interface (GUI) may be provided for electronically processing vehicle data and geo-referenced images. Processed geo-referenced images may be saved as event-specific images, which may be integrated into, for example, an electronic vehicle accident report for accurately depicting a vehicle accident.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes: a specific sound detecting section which detects a specific sound generated during motion of a specific motion conducted by a target object included in an image group including a plurality of images which continues in a time-series manner; a synthetic image generating section which generates a synthetic image representing transitions of the specific motion; a determination range setting section which sets, as a determination range, a range in the time axis for determination on the generation of the synthetic image on the basis of a user manipulation; and a control section which controls the synthetic image generating section to generate the synthetic image in a case where the specific sound is detected in the set determination range, and not to generate the synthetic image in a case where the specific sound is not detected in the set determination range.

Abstract: A head-mounted display device that is mounted on the head of an observer and forms a virtual image before the eyes of the observer includes: a display device that forms an image, which is the source of image light, from image data; a light source that emits the image light representing the formed image; a light guide unit that forms a virtual image from the emitted image light; and a display control unit that turns off the light source and changes the head-mounted display device to a suspension mode when a suspension request is received from the outside.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus at one site obtains a currently captured image that includes a drawing image of a drawing area of a drawing object and an image of a peripheral area of the drawing object, determines whether the drawing image changes from a time when a previously captured image is obtained, and transmits a differential image that reflects the drawing image to a counterpart site.

Abstract: A display control apparatus comprises a discrimination unit configured to discriminate a feature of an image group based on a relation between images that belong to the image group; a determination unit configured to determine a display form for the image group according to the feature discriminated by the discrimination unit; and a display control unit configured to cause the image group to be displayed in the display form determined by the determination unit.

Abstract: A system, method, and computer program product for applying a motion blur filter to image data representing a graphical user interface is disclosed. The method includes the steps of generating image data representing a graphical user interface and applying a motion blur filter to at least a portion of the image data in one embodiment, the motion blur filter is applied to the image data by associating one or more motion vectors with the image data, and filtering a plurality of pixels in the image data based on the motion vectors.

Abstract: Software interfaces are configured to enable functionality that is commonly implemented in special-purpose hardware for mixing AV content into a set of 2.5-D graphics planes to be exposed to high level processes executing in a computing environment in a fully portable manner. Illustratively, the interfaces include a planar mixer (named “IPlanarMixer”) that abstracts the mixing hardware, and a graphics plane interface (named “IPlane”) that abstracts individual instances of planes that are retrieved from, and handed off to the planar mixer as the 2.5-D graphics planes are built up and rendered in a computing environment to support interactive graphic experiences for a user.

Abstract: A system and method for generating a fused image is provided. The system comprises processing circuitry configured to access a plurality of images, group the images into a plurality of sets, fuse the images of each set to form a plurality of fused images and fuse the fused images to form a final fused image.

Abstract: The present disclosure includes systems and techniques relating to processing of high resolution images, such as digital painting on high resolution images. In general, one aspect of the subject matter described in this specification can be embodied in a method that includes receiving input defining a modification to a target image; determining, at a first processor, a low resolution proxy result of the modification applied to the target image; determining, at a second processor, a higher resolution result of the modification applied to the target image; displaying the low resolution proxy result before completion of the determining at the second processor; and updating the displayed low resolution proxy result with the higher resolution result. Other embodiments of this aspect include corresponding systems, apparatus, and computer program products.

Abstract: The invention includes a method including the steps of obtaining a plurality of images, each of the images in the plurality having at least one corresponding region, generating a merged image, the merged image also having the corresponding region. The step of generating includes selecting an image source from the plurality of images to source image data for the corresponding region in the merged image by comparing attributes of the corresponding regions of the plurality of images to identify the image source having preferred attributes.

Abstract: An operation apparatus includes: a touch panel; a coordinate information generation unit which has a plurality of coordinate generation modes including a first coordinate generation mode; a receiving unit which receives an identification operation for switching from a coordinate generation mode to another coordinate generation mode among the coordinate generation modes; and an output unit which outputs the coordinate information generated by the coordinate information generation unit, wherein the coordinate generation unit generates, according to the coordinate generation mode, two-dimensional coordinates on the plane of a touch position in the touch panel screen, and height information in a perpendicular direction with respect to the touch panel screen.

Abstract: Disclosed is a computer implemented method, computer program product, and apparatus to decorate visible attributes of a rendered avatar. A server may collect a first user profile of a first avatar, the first user profile having at least one interest of a user. Next, the server may receive a location of the first avatar, wherein the location is associated with a view to at least a second avatar. The server can identify the second avatar among a group of avatars visible with respect to the first avatar. Further, the server may read a target profile of the second avatar then determine whether the second user profile satisfies a criterion based on the first user profile and the target profile. In addition, the server may render a modified rendered avatar to a client, responsive to the determination that the target profile satisfies the criterion.

Abstract: An image overlaying device includes an image inputting unit, a memory and a controller. The controller is configured to obtain template data which define a plurality of layout areas and to extract each of the plurality of layout areas from the obtained template data. The controller determines positions of the extracted plurality of layout areas. The controller stores, in the memory, layout order information corresponding to an order of the layout area and further stores, in the memory image order information corresponding to an order of the image data of the documents The controller determines corresponding image data of documents corresponding to each of the plurality of layout areas and generates overlaid image data by laying out, in each of the plurality of layout areas, the determined corresponding image data of the documents.

Abstract: Methods and apparatus are provided for geospatial management and visualization of events, by presenting a dynamic, user-interactive geospatial environment for performing real-time operations management and pre/post-mission analytical activities. A geospatial event management system integrates geospatial imagery data from geospatial imagery data sources, and determines a geographic area of interest based on user input, stored settings, or other relevant parameters. The geospatial event management system then provides a user-interactive geospatial environment based on the geospatial imagery data associated with the geographic area of interest, and ingests geospatially-referenced event data associated with the events, such as tracking data, telemetry data, or sensor data.

Abstract: There is provided an image processing apparatus that includes a center generation section, a periphery generation section, and an image combination section. The center generation section is configured to generate an image of a central part on a screen by performing scaling processing on an image based on characteristics thereof. The periphery generation section is configured to generate an image of a peripheral part by extrapolation of the image of the central part, the peripheral part being a part peripheral to the central part on the screen. The image combination section is configured to generate a combined image by combining the image of the central part and the image of the peripheral part, the image of the central part being generated by the center generation section, the image of the peripheral part being generated by the periphery generation section.

Abstract: A map display method display a plurality of drawing pictures. The device and the method facilitate comprehension of relevance between drawing objects included in the drawing pictures. The map display device includes an input/display unit receiving user operation input related to drawing picture display and displays a first drawing object related to map information in a first drawing picture and a second drawing object related to map relevant information in a second drawing picture; and a controller controlling an overlapping state between the first drawing picture and the second drawing picture in accordance with input of user operation received by the input/display unit and outputs, to the input/display unit, a picture in which one of the first and second drawing objects masks the other one in a portion where the first and second drawing pictures are overlapped with each other.

Abstract: A method for embedding an image in a video sequence for a mobile terminal. Preferably, the mobile terminal is a tablet or smartphone. The method comprises the steps of choosing an image to be embedded, reading the video sequence, displaying a frame, and determining the presence of an embedding zone in the frame. The embedding zone having been previously identified or deduced according to a predefined algorithm. The method further comprises the step of applying a deformation to the image to be embedded such that the image to be embedded coincides with the form of the embedding zone. The image combining the frame and the image to be embedded is displayed/disposed in place of the embedding zone.

Abstract: Embodiments relate to selecting textures for a user-supplied photographic image in image-based three-dimensional modeling. In a first embodiment, a computer-implemented method includes a method for inputting a user-supplied photographic image that uses a photogrammetry algorithm to adjust a plurality of camera parameters for the user-supplied photographic image. In the method, a user-supplied photographic image inputted by a user is received. A set of geographic characteristics inputted by the user that correspond to a geographic location of a camera that took the user-supplied photographic image is received. A plurality of camera parameters that correspond to the geographic location of the camera that took the user-supplied photographic image is determined. The user-supplied photographic image to be texture mapped to the three-dimensional model is enabled.

Abstract: A method for combining a plurality of images into a synthesis image and an electronic device implementing the same are provided. The image synthesis method of the present disclosure includes acquiring coordinates of an object in a source image; extracting a target image from the source image based on the coordinates such that the target image contains the object; and displaying the target image in a section of a frame mapped to the source image.

Abstract: A mobile body display device includes an acquisition component, a memory component, an input component, a length adjuster, and a display controller. The acquisition component acquires position and speed of a mobile body. The memory component stores a plurality of display ranges, a number of range rings for each display range, and a reference speed. The input component receives input designating one of the display ranges. The length adjuster adjusts length of a speed vector on a screen such that length of a speed vector indicating the reference speed on the screen is the same as a spacing of the range rings on the screen based on the display range. The display controller displays the mobile body on the screen according to the position, and displays adjacent to the mobile body a speed vector for which heading and length have been set based on the length and the speed.

Abstract: A computer is disclosed that performs a land boundary display process. The computer executes an imaging process when an imaging request is detected. The computer specifies an imaging range based on a location, an imaging orientation and an elevation angle of a terminal apparatus when the imaging process is executed. Also, the computer specifies an area corresponding to a plot of land in a captured imaged based on the imaging range being specified. After that, the computer reads out boundary line information of the plot of land corresponding to latitude and longitude information from a storage part, and generates an image by overlapping an area corresponding to the plot of land being specified with the boundary line information being read out. Then, the computer displays the image at a display device.

Abstract: An aspect of the present invention includes a detection unit configured to detect content of second drawing data drawn in a second window, which is displayed on a lower layer of a first window, and a display control unit configured to control display by determining, based on the content of the second drawing data, whether to perform first control, in which the second drawing data is displayed in an overlap region, which is a region in which the first window and the second window overlap, in such a way as to be visible in the first window, or second control, in which the second drawing data is not displayed in the overlap region or the second drawing data is displayed in such a way as to be less visible in the first window than when the first control is performed.

Abstract: An image processing device includes a pierced earring image acquisition unit that acquires a pierced earring image showing a pierced earring including a hook part, a head image acquisition unit that acquires a head image at least including a region where an ear is shown, a pierced earring image specifying unit that specifies an end direction of the hook part in the pierced earring image, a head image specifying unit that specifies a rear of a head in the head image, a superimposition unit that superimposes the pierced earring image onto the head image so that the end direction in the pierced earring image faces to the rear of the head in the head image, and an output unit that outputs the image on which the pierced earring image is superimposed. An image closer to the state where the pierced earring is actually worn in the ear is thereby output.

Abstract: A method, apparatus and computer program product for indicating scroll position on a display is presented. A movement event requiring movement of content within a display area is identified. A location indicator is displayed at a first content location relative to content within the display area, the location indicator identifying that the first content location will remain visible on the display in response to the movement event. During movement of the content within the display area, a corresponding movement of the location indicator relative to the first content location is provided as the first content location moves with the content within the display area.

Abstract: An image processing device includes: a sub-image generation section, the sub-image generation section configured to generate a third sub-image by providing a peripheral image including at least a first region that is a transparent region around a first sub-image and to perform a filtering process on the entire or a part of a second sub-image including the first sub-image and the peripheral image; and a composition section configured to composite together a frame image and the third sub-image.

Abstract: An approach is provided for processing and/or facilitating a processing of one or more images to determine camera location information, camera pose information, or a combination thereof associated with at least one camera capturing the one or more images, wherein the camera location information, the camera pose information, or a combination thereof is represented according to a global coordinate system. The approach involves causing, at least in part, an association of the camera location information, the camera pose information, or a combination thereof with the one or more images as meta-data information.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes: an adjusting section configured to detect, when a plurality of observation targets are included in a slide, regions of images of the observation targets from an image of the slide and continuously arrange the regions to thereby generate data of a reconfigured slide image in which arrangement of the observation targets is adjusted; and a display control section configured to display, on a display apparatus, an enlarged image corresponding to a part of a display region of the reconfigured slide image and change the enlarged image displayed on the display apparatus such that the display region moves on the reconfigured slide image according to a movement instruction.

Abstract: An augmented reality environment allows interaction between virtual and real objects. Various surfaces within the environment such as walls, tables, countertop, chairs, floor, ceiling, and so forth may be used as projection surfaces. Qualified projection surfaces are determined, and an initial projection surface is selected for use from these. This selection may take into account user preferences, user orientation, types of image to be projected, and so forth. Other qualified projection surfaces may have visual indicators projected thereon, indicating relative suitability for use as a projection surface.

Abstract: An information processing system includes: a terminal device; and an information processing apparatus. The information processing apparatus includes: a holding unit that holds a plurality of pieces of workflow information each including information that specifies a process constituting a service; a receiving unit that receives service identification information, device identification information, and an image transmitted from a terminal device; a selecting unit that selects a piece of the workflow information corresponding to the service identification information and the device identification information from the pieces of the workflow information; and an executing unit that executes a service in which the image is processed into an image including a movie in accordance with the workflow information selected by the selecting unit.

Abstract: Systems and methods for enhanced display of obstacles in a combined vision display are provided. The system comprises a display unit and an enhanced vision system configured to generate first signals representative of enhanced vision images. Data storage device contains obstacle data representative of obstacles. Synthetic vision system is configured to selectively retrieve obstacle data from data storage device and generate second signals representative of synthetic vision images of one or more obstacles. Processor is in operable communication with display unit and coupled to receive first and second signals and configured, in response thereto, to: overlay the synthetic vision images of the one or more obstacles over the enhanced vision images and command display unit to display the synthetic vision images of the one or more obstacles overlaid over the enhanced vision images. The overlaid synthetic vision images of the one or more obstacles may be visually highlighted.

Abstract: A method, system and computer program are provided to allow one or more users to try out one or more products. The method, system and computer program involve providing information on one or more products offered for sale under restricted conditions of time or quantity, obtaining a real image of an object, determining one or more features from the object image, determining a position to overlay a first product image on the object image based on the determined one or more features, overlaying the first product image on the object image based on the determined position to provide an overlaid image, and displaying the overlaid image.

Abstract: The subject matter of this specification can be implemented in, among other things, a method that includes providing a first image from a server system to a client computing device for display and providing a second image from the server system to the client computing device for display. The method also includes providing instructions from the server system to the client computing device for displaying a window over the first image that displays a portion of the second image within the window, where the portion of the second image displayed within the window corresponds to a position of the window over the first image, and where the portions of the second image include one or more rectangular shapes to approximate a curved shape.

Abstract: Apparatus and methods for providing visualization, which may be provided with Augmented Reality, illustrating information for a procedure on a wireless device include identifying and presenting a visualization scenario, such as a video and/or an animation illustrating the desired procedure to educate an user or provide guidance to an user to help him deal with his current context. The apparatus and methods also include revising the visualization scenario based upon an occurrence of an event that changes and/or alters the visualization scenario in a dynamic and adaptive manner.

Abstract: The display apparatus of this invention, even when edges of an IP image with measurement information on ?+ rays are indistinct and an area to be measured is unclear, includes a main screen for displaying in superimposition the IP image and a scanner image with morphological information on blood, whereby an area measured of the scanner image can be grasped visually from the IP image. Even if traces of movement of the blood appear on the IP image, the position of an object to be measured can be determined by displaying the IP image and the scanner image in superimposition.

Abstract: An image processing device includes a pierced earring image acquisition unit that acquires a pierced earring image showing a pierced earring including a hook part, a head image acquisition unit that acquires a head image at least including a region where an ear is shown, a pierced earring image specifying unit that specifies an end direction of the hook part in the pierced earring image, a head image specifying unit that specifies a rear of a head in the head image, a superimposition unit that superimposes the pierced earring image onto the head image so that the end direction in the pierced earring image faces to the rear of the head in the head image, and an output unit that outputs the image on which the pierced earring image is superimposed. An image closer to the state where the pierced earring is actually worn in the ear is thereby output.

Abstract: A cubicle for trying on one or more items of clothing and a method for determining a body shape are described. A cubicle includes a display of an avatar with one or more items of clothing, and an interaction unit for a user to modify the items of clothing. The method includes gathering the spatial coordinates of a plurality of points on the surface of the dressed person and body parameters that at least partly define the body shape to be determined.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is an image processing device having a display section and an image pickup section, the image processing device including: an operating section configured to generating an operating signal on a basis of contact of a user with the display section; a bulletin board display controlling section configured to display a bulletin board for posting an image message on the display section, and display an image message generated in advance on the bulletin board; a picked-up image display controlling section configured to display an image being picked up by the image pickup section on the bulletin board when an operating element for transition to an image pickup mode, the operating element being displayed within the bulletin board, is operated; and an image message generating section configured to subject the displayed the image to a predetermined edit, and generate an image message.

Abstract: A method includes displaying regions in a graphical display. At least two regions correspond to different portions of a representation of an industrial process system. A thumbnail region corresponds to an entirety of the representation of the process system. A viewport region corresponds to a portion of the representation of the process system less than the entirety of the representation of the process system. The viewport region is disposed and movable within the thumbnail region. A current view region corresponds to a current view of the representation of the process system. The current view is associated with the viewport region. The method also includes, responsive to user activation, moving the viewport region within the thumbnail region and updating the current view region. The thumbnail region is configured to identify at least one fault condition indicator outside the viewport region.

Abstract: Systems and methods of interacting with a virtual space, in which a mobile device is used to electronically capture image data of a real-world object, the image data is used to identify information related to the real-world object, and the information is used to interact with software to control at least one of: (a) an aspect of an electronic game; and (b) a second device local to the mobile device. Contemplated systems and methods can be used to gaming, in which the image data can be used to identify a name of the real-world object, to classify the real-world object, identify the real-world object as a player in the game, to identify the real-world object as a goal object or as having some other value in the game, to use the image data to identify the real-world object as a goal object in the game.

Abstract: A display system configured to be installed in a vehicle, the display system includes: a communication unit configured to receive streamed data from a mobile terminal located within the vehicle; a first display unit operatively connected to the communication unit and configured to be installed in a first location in the vehicle, the first display unit configured to display the streamed data; and a second display unit operatively connected to the communication unit and configured to be installed in a second location in the vehicle different than the first location, the second display unit configured to display the streamed data, wherein the first display unit is configured to interrupt the display of the streamed data by the first display unit while the mobile terminal processes an incoming or outgoing call, and wherein the second display unit is configured to continue to display the streamed data while the mobile terminal processes the incoming or outgoing call.

Abstract: In a method and apparatus for generating a monochrome image representing combined aligned corresponding functional and anatomical images, the anatomical image is represented as a gradient image and is combined with the anatomical image.

Abstract: There is provided an information processing device including a classification unit configured to classify content data into any of a plurality of classification items based on a first attribute, a priority level determination unit configured to determine a priority level to the content data classified by the classification unit for each of the classification items based on a second attribute, a selection unit configured to select one of the content data for each of the classification items according to the priority level determined by the priority level determination unit based on a third attribute, and a generation unit configured to generate a display image having a symbol image arranged therein, the symbol image being corresponded to the content data selected by the selection unit and being arranged in the display image for each of the classification items in a layout according to the first attribute.

Abstract: A method for generating a cephalometric analysis of an orthodontic patient is disclosed. A sequence of images that may each correspond to a specific anatomical plane of the patient is received. Then, a volumetric representation of the patient is derived from a combination of the sequence of the images. One or more markers associated with particular anatomical landmarks of the patient according to a predefined analysis method are received. The markers are defined by a set of coordinate values, and are designated via an interactive user interface to a two-dimensional representation derived from the volumetric representation. Connectors between one or more of the markers are generated in accordance with the predefined analysis method, and a visual representation of the markers and the connectors are overlaid on the volumetric representation.